arpeggios

Like the harmonica, the bass is a single-note instrument. The benefit of studying bass lines are that they not only sound great when played on the harmonica, they're constructed of chord tones and the strongest scale tone choices to transition from chord to chord. It's difficult to come up with cool IV and V Chord ideas, and a player that studies bass lines has less trouble coming up with cool, unique likes due to their intuitive knowledge of the chords. Lastly, for those of you who don't like studying music theory, study bass lines... they are music theory in action. continue reading...